AQW 2304/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of house repossessions by mortgage lenders in each council area, in each of the last five years.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 28 June 2022
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 28 June 2022
- Answer due by
- 15 July 2022
- Answered
- 21 July 202223 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Department does not hold this information.
UK Finance holds information regarding mortgages and publishes quarterly data regarding mortgage arrears and possessions – see link: https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/data-and-research/data/arrears-and-possessions
The Department of Justice (DoJ) publishes a quarterly bulletin on mortgage possessions which provides statistics for cases received (i.e. writs and originating summonses issued), cases disposed and final orders made in respect of mortgages in the Chancery Division of the High Court. The most recent bulletin covers the period from January to March 2022 – see link:
https://www.justice-ni.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/justice/mortgages-bulletin-january-to-march-2022_0.pdf